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MrE2Me
The ultimate paranoid thriller. A classic.jacktrewin
great entertainment and interest. the benchmark of how a thriller should beForzelius
cool prog rock brainwash montageMatt Addis
The montage was the inspiration for Soundgarden’s Blow Up the outside world music videoSiskoid
The Parallax View is a very paranoid thriller that has Warren Beatty as a journalist investigating the assassination of a presidential candidate and uncovering a conspiracy that's bigger than even that premise (in the shadow of the Kennedys) would seem to indicate. Director Alan J. Pakula is still two years away from making All the President's Men here, and while he doesn't exactly bring that film's "all the pieces matter" sensibility - truncation of the novel it's adapted from might be the reason why it feels so much like we're moving from set piece to set piece - he makes up for it in tense atmosphere. He lets moments play out in real time, he brings the sound way up on incidental noise while forcing us to listen to whispered dialog, making us witnesses and detectives like the characters in the drama. The brainwashing montage is incredible - not least because Kirby's Thor features prominently - and that ending would be talked about along with the most famous of 1970s dystopia movies', if only it had been science-fiction. Surprisingly, there's a lot of action too! Don't trust anyone. Except me when I tell you to see this.Torgo
That montage.ClassicLady
Great thriller. The first 15 minutes or so with all the brawling and bar fighting really did nothing for the movie. But it really picked up after that.